Willkie advised Excellence Logging
Willkie’s London, Houston and New York offices advised Excellence Logging, a portfolio company of private equity client Blue Water Energy, in its definitive agreement to acquire the surface data logging business of Weatherford International plc.
Allen & Overy has advised development financial institutions, Japan Bank for International Cooperation, Nippon Export and Investment Insurance, Asian Development Bank as well as mandated lead arrangers, MUFG Bank, Ltd, Crédit Agricole Corporate & Investment Bank, Mizuho Bank, Ltd, Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Limited and Société Générale (“the Lenders”) on Asia’s first LNG-to-power project and one of the largest LNG-powered plants in Southeast Asia.
LONDON – A&O has advised Laureate Education, Inc., the world’s largest global network of higher education institutions, on its agreement with a company backed by the Permira funds to sell its institutions in Spain and Portugal in a deal with a value of EUR770 million, subject to customary adjustments at closing.
Herbert Smith Freehills has advised the Australian Government on the transfer of ASC Shipbuilding to BAE Systems Australia. The transfer enables ASC Shipbuilding to play an enduring role in Australia’s A$89 billion Continuous Shipbuilding Plan.
Prior to the transfer, ASC Shipbuilding was part of the ASC Group – Australia’s government-owned submarine sustainment and naval shipbuilding company.
Munich, December 12, 2018 - Martin Böttger and the corporate team at Fieldfisher's Munich office have advised a buy and build platform deal between the Munich-based software company Cleversoft and the Dutch private equity fund Main Capital Partners.
Paris - A Tax Transactions & Consulting team in Paris advised Altice France, the subsidiary of Altice Europe N.V., in its exclusivity agreement with Allianz Capital Partners, AXA Investment Managers and OMERS Infrastructure, regarding the sale of a minority equity stake of 49.99 percent in SFR FTTH for a total cash consideration of €1.8 billion based on a €3.6 billion 100 percent equity value. The team included partner Laurent Borey, and associates Nicolas Danan and Louis Nayberg.
Clayton Utz congratulates its client Spookfish Limited (ASX: SFI) on the successful implementation of its scheme of arrangement with Eagle View Technologies, Inc.
Corporate partner Mark Paganin and special counsel Stephen Neale led the firm's team, with key support from lawyers Benjamin Depiazzi and Matthew Johns. Partner Cameron Belyea and lawyers Rebecca Hing and Natasha Graham led the court aspects of the scheme process.
The international commercial law firm BEITEN BURKHARDT has advised Epic Games, Inc. on the introduction of its new digital distribution platform Epic Games Store in all relevant areas of German law.
Deal with South Africa's Resource Exploration and Development Ltd is the latest in a series of mining deals advised on by the firm, which is one of the UK's top ranked advisers to early stage resources companies.
European law firm Fieldfisher has completed an earn-in deal for its privately held mining client, Kalahari Metals Limited (KML), with South Africa's Resource Exploration and Development Ltd (RED) respecting highly prospective copper licences in Botswana.
International law firm Trowers & Hamlins has advised Legal & General on the successful registration of Legal & General Affordable Homes with the Regulator of Social Housing.
As well as advising on the regulatory aspects of the new provider, the firm has been advising Legal & General on the operational set up of their Affordable Homes division.
Legal & General plans for the new company to be a leading private affordable housing provider in the UK, using equity funding to deliver 3,000 homes per year within the next four years.